#ill

...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either push for change (which they would perceive as against their interests) or live consciously as hypocrites who speak of freedom and opportunity but perpetuate a system of inequality. The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America. ↗

— Tim Wise

#black-and-white #black-history #george-zimmerman #hypocricy #privilege

Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later. Have you ever asked yourself why I agreed to be your parabatai? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#friendships #jem-carstairs #will-herondale #friendship

We are great writers on the same dreadful typewriter ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#loyalty #madness #mental-illness #writing #friendship

If I was harsh with you, it was because I cannot bear to see you treat yourself as if you are worth nothing. Whatever part you might act to the contrary, I see you as you really are, my blood brother. Not just better than you pretend to be, but better than most people could hope to be. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jem #will #friendship

You're lucky to have a friend who will kill for you." So. I once had a friend who died for me, and now one who killed for me. Why didn't I feel lucky? ↗

— Carrie Vaughn

#kill #friendship

Do you want to hang out? At your place or something?" Hanging out with Jimmy Hailler will mean that I have to say hello to him every day. I'm not ready to say hello to him every day. Too much commitment. It's bad enough that I'm sharing chocolate brownies swith him. I shake my head. "Not today. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#jimmy-hailler #friendship

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along. ↗

— Darren Shan

#friendship #grubbs-grady #friendship

[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous. ↗

— Robin McKinley

#friendships #swords #friendship

I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself. ↗

— Stendhal

#sense #will #friendship

Life is like a coin. 999, 999 cannot be a million without it. Just like in life, we cannot be truly happy without a person who will complete us. I may not be the coin who will make you a million, but I can be a part of your 999, 999. ↗

— Cherryl Anne Lintag

#friendship #happiness #life #love #million